Barrel-truck



(No Model.)

J. YOULL.

BARREL TRUCK.

' No. 251,084. Patented D60. 20,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JAMES YOULL, OF BATTLE CREEK, IOWA.

BARREL-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,084, dated December20, 1881.

Application filed April 30, 1881. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES YoULL, a citizen of the United States,residingat Battle Creek, in the county of Ida and State of Iowa, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Trucks for Barrels; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention pertains to certain new and useful improvements in trucksfor barrels, and has reference to certain mechanisms designed to beadjusted and affixed to barrels for the purpose of increasing thefacility of handling the same.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the lower or under side of thehoop which holds the casters or wheels of the truck. Fig. 2 is anoblique detached view of the two ends of the hoop or band A, Fig. 1,which forms the frame, showing the slots in such ends. Fig. 3 is a Viewof one of the casters and a portion of the hoop A, showing the manner ofattaching the casters to such hoop.

A, Fig. 1,is a hoop formed by bending a band of iron or other suitablematerial, with a slot, E, Fig. 2, in each end.

D is a bolt set rigidly upon the outer end of the hoop A, and extendingthrough and sliding loosely in the slot of the other end of such hoop,and held at any point in such slot by means of thumb-nut B, placed onthe bolt D, as shown in Fig. 1, which serves to fasten the ends of thehoop or frame rigidly.

The pin or post 0 is set into the inner end of the hoop A and passesthrough the slot E of the outer end of the hoop, and serves as a guidein sliding the ends of the hoop, and also assists the bolt D in holdingthe ends on the same plane when the hoop is adjusted.

On the inner side of the hoop or band A are set the vertical sockets a aa, as shown. The ordinary caster-wheels, b, of suitable size andstrength, Fig. 3, are set vertically into these sockets. The purpose ofplacing the sockets a a a on the inside of the hoop A is to allow theoutside of such hoop to be a plain, un-

broken, and uninterrupted surface, so as to press uniformly entirelyaround the inside of the barrel-chine.

The manner of using the device is as follows: The barrel to be set onthe truck is laid on its side. The hoop is then placed against thebottom of the barrel, inside of the chine, and the hoop A then expandeduntil it tits and presses closely against the inner side of thc chine ofthe stuves. The thumb-nut Bis then set, thus fastening the truck firmlyto the barrel by the outward pressure of the hoop A againstthe innerside of the chine.

This truck is intended more especially for use on barrels in storeswhich contain groceries, &c., and from which sales are repeatedly made.

A barrel placed on this truck m iy be moved with ease and set under ashelf, counter, or wherever it may be desired to place it. It isdesigned to leave the device attached to the barrel until thclatter isemptied of its contents.

It will be noticed that the slots and thumbnutare ofgreat advantage, asby means of them the diameter of the hoop A may be increased ordiminished to fit barrels of different sizes.

What I claim as my invent.ion,and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is as follows:

1. In a barrel truck, the hoop A,having open slotted ends, to one ofwhich ends is rigidly affixed the guide-post O, and to the other thethreaded bolt D, having the nut B, by means of which such ends are heldon the same plane and the-outer surface of the hoop A pressed adjustablyintothe chine ot'the barrel, substantially as shown, and for thepurposes specified.

2. The hoop A,having open ends which pass each other, and which areprovided respectively with the slots E E, one of such ends having theboltD and the other the post 0, as shown,in combination with thesocketsa a a and wheels I) b b, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J AMES YOULL.

Witnesses:

WILsON JONES, J. L. RUDIsEL.

